Well, it was a beautiful weekend in Seattle this past weekend. Bright sunny skies, in the 70’s, perfect wind, and some great sailing. I took my boat, Redfish Bluefish aka Slack Alice, out for a practice sail Friday evening, and watched a beautiful sunset over the Olympic Mountains. Saturday was the Sloop Tavern’s Jack & Jill race (http://www.slooptavern.org/). After a not-so-perfect start, I got into the upwind groove and closely followed a Riptide 35 and a J105 all the way up to the weather mark. We had an excellent set, and proceeded to take off on a reach in about 12 knots of wind at 8.5 knots through the water. We hung with the J105 and put major distance on the rest of the fleet. In the end, we beat the J105 by almost two minutes over the line and corrected over the Riptide by more than four minutes, winning both the division and the overall trophy. Once again showing that the Rocket 22 is outstanding in double-handed racing. On Sunday I took the boat out again for a fun sail with Rocket #1, South Lake Union Trolley. Go to the following site for a little clip of the SLUT up on a plane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmk6L8NKfsc
Unfortunately, it’s back to work today – but the fall season is just beginning. Enjoy!